TrueJoshNight
Truly Dreadful Film
Pacionsbo
Absolutely Fantastic
Melanie Bouvet
The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
Phillipa
Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
Tokyo-1997
To me, this is a very original film. The use of the Oujia board was very original. I have not seen a similar idea in other movies yet. The use of hympothising another person to cause that person to kill himself/herself was very original. This movie is extremely fast paced or possibly the most fast paced movie I have ever seen. This movie is just awesome and entertaining from the start to the end credits. The opening scene was very well done and scary. The ending was quite good. This movie probably is as scary as shows such as the shutter but did not scare me as much as ringu. The first half of the movie was terrifying, the second half of the movie was not as scary but still entertaining. However, this movie is really complicating somewhere around the middle and I have a hard time trying to figure out what was happening. This movie is similar to Reincarnation in some ways, but it does not matter. This movie is extremely exciting and recommended. This is one of my Top 10 horror movies. Score: 9/10
lekkerland
My girlfriend and I were staying in Utah for the Sundance Festival, and one night back at home, we found this movie on the On Demand digital cable. We dig the Asian horror genre, so we went for it. And I was thinking it would have the potential to be really crappy, but to my delight, it was actually pretty good. It kept me entertained, and it was pretty creepy. So if you like Asian horror, and you don't demand that every movie be Citizen Kane or whatever, then you should like this. Unfortunately, it's probably a moot point for anyone here in the US, because it doesn't appear to be for sale? But you could try one of those Asian-DVD places like Red Sun or something. I had a difficult time finding this on here, because the alternate titles were a mess... the cable company listed it as one thing, and the English translation in the opening credits had something else. But good ol' powersearch eventually brought me home.
hoodwinked44
This was the 1st film I saw at Frightfest as part of the Glasgow film festival last week and it shows how un-original and uninspiring Asian horror films have become.The story is basically about 3 girls at school who are getting bullied and one of them has the bright idea to invoke the spirit of bunshinsaba from a ouija board, now there are no prizes for guessing what this bunshinsaba thing does to terrify people, you guessed it, yep - it's the old long dark hair, scary eyes routine again.It worked in Ju-on and also Ringu but I think we're all getting a bit tired of it now.I'd love to see an Asian horror film about killer dolls or something cause to be quite frank little girls with long dark hair don't scare me anymore.Avoid.
HumanoidOfFlesh
Yoo Jin was transferred back to a high school in her parents' hometown.Having a tough time dealing with her new surroundings,she puts a curse on four girls that tormented her.As each of them mysteriously burns to death,the school is thrown into a chaos.The mayor of the village throws fear into the entire town when he announced that Yoo Jin has called upon the spirits of a mother and daughter who were brutally killed in the village some thirty years back.He suggests that they drive Yoo Jin and her family out of the town.However mysterious deaths still occur...Admittedly the story of "Bunshinsaba" is highly unoriginal as it borrows heavily from "Ringu","Whispering Corridors" and "Into the Mirror",but there is enough creepiness to keep fans of Asian horror on the edge of their seats.The girls in high school uniforms are cute and the acting is decent.Se-eun Lee is stunningly beautiful with her big expressive eyes and soulful looks.The sequence which takes place on a barren highway at night is truly eerie."Bunshinsaba" is definitely quite derivative and uninspired,but if you like Asian spooky flicks give it a look.7 out of 10.